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Velocity Certificate Checking Service (VCCS) for FICAM Solutions

Velocity Certificate Checking Service (VCCS) for FICAM Solutions

Overview

The Velocity Certificate Checking Service (VCCS) is a key software component of Hirsch’s Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Solution. The latest version of Hirsch’s FICAM Solution includes the following hardware and software components:

  • The current release of the FED Unlimited Edition of Velocity

  • The Velocity Certificate Checking Service

  • M2, M8, Mx, or Mx-1 controllers

  • SNIB3 communications board (or the equivalent functionality built onto the Mx-1's main board), for each controller running in FICAM mode

  • RS-485 Readers Expansion Board (RREB), (or the equivalent functionality built onto the Mx-1's main board), for each controller running in FICAM mode

  • FICAM-capable OSDP/RS-485 card readers (such as Hirsch’s uTrust TS Government readers, or Veridt’s Stealth Bio or Stealth Dual readers)

  • To enroll PIV, PIV-I, or TWIC cards into Velocity, you need a FICAM-capable smart card reader with contacts; to do fingerprint authentication during enrollment, your enrollment station also needs to include a fingerprint scanner

Installing and Licensing this Service

Part of setting up Hirsch’s FICAM Solution involves installing and licensing the VCCS, which consists of the following three tasks:

  1. Contact Hirsch to purchase the Velocity Cert Check Service, and then install it (on the Velocity Server).

  2. Obtain a license for the Velocity Cert Check Service from Hirsch.

  3. Add the license key for the Velocity Cert Check Service to the Velocity License Manager.
    After installing the service, you must also perform a few configuration and setup tasks.

Use the `GenerateTemporaryValidationKey.exe` tool located in the VCCS install directory to generate a temporary Validation Engine license key. This temporary key populates the VLAS license, enabling 30-day use.

The temporary key allows the user to provide Hirsch with the necessary information to issue a permanent VLAS license containing the Validation Key parameter. This ensures that the user can use VCCS for 30-days while waiting for the HID to process the permanent license.

Contact Hirsch to purchase the Velocity Cert Check Service (VCCS), and then install it.

  1. Obtain the installation file for the VCCS from Hirsch, and copy it to your Velocity Server.

  2. Locate the installation file (such as VelocityCertService_3.9.0.105.exe), right-click on it and choose the Run as administrator.

  3. Start the Velocity Cert Check Service, to populate the Velocity database with the Validation Engine’s System ID (license key).

If the Velocity system is already running the previous VCCS provided by Hirsch’s Global Services (IGS), the installer will automatically upgrade your system to use the new VCCS, and your existing configuration settings will be migrated from the config.xml file into the Velocity database.

Obtain a license for the Velocity Cert Check Service (VCCS) from Hirsch.

  1. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Settings.

  2. In the resulting Velocity Settings dialog, click on the Velocity Cert Check Service in the left-hand pane.

    On the resulting Velocity Cert Check Service Settings page, click on the Configure button.

  3. On the General tab of the resulting Velocity Cert Check Service Configuration dialog, copy the value in the System ID field then paste it into an email message.

  4. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Velocity License Manager.

  5. On the resulting Velocity License Manager window, copy the value of the Velocity Server ID field (on the top line), then paste it into the email message.

  6. Compose your email message so that:

    • It is addressed to mailto:support@hirschsecure.com

    • It has a Subject such as “License Request for Velocity Cert Check Service“

    • The Body includes the System ID value and the Server ID value

  7. Send the email and close the Velocity License Manager.

After Hirsch sends you a license key for the Velocity Cert Check Service, add it to the Velocity License Manager.

  1. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Velocity License Manager.

  2. Copy the license key (which is a large block of letters and numbers) in the email message from Hirsch.

  3. On the Velocity License Manager window, paste the license key into the Add / Renew License field, then click the Add / Renew button.

    The following dialog should be displayed:

  4. Click the OK button to close this dialog, and then close the Velocity License Manager.

You must perform many other steps when upgrading an existing Velocity system to be FICAM-capable.  Be sure to see the FICAM Solution > Checklist for Installing and Configuring Hirsch’s FICAM Solution topic in the Velocity help system.